The Miocene: The future of the past

M Steinthorsdottir, HK Coxall… - Paleoceanography …, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Miocene epoch (23.03–5.33 Ma) was a time interval of global warmth, relative
to today. Continental configurations and mountain topography transitioned toward modern …

History, mass loss, structure, and dynamic behavior of the Antarctic Ice Sheet

RE Bell, H Seroussi - Science, 2020‏ - science.org
Antarctica contains most of Earth's fresh water stored in two large ice sheets. The more
stable East Antarctic Ice Sheet is larger and older, rests on higher topography, and hides …

Obliquity forcing of lake-level changes and organic carbon burial during the Late Paleozoic Ice Age

R Wei, R Zhang, M Li, X Wang, Z ** - Global and Planetary Change, 2023‏ - Elsevier
The linkages between the astronomical forcing of sea-level oscillations, the environment,
and climate change during the Late Paleozoic Ice Age (LPIA) add to our understanding of …

Climatic and tectonic drivers of late Oligocene Antarctic ice volume

B Duncan, R McKay, R Levy, T Naish, JG Prebble… - Nature …, 2022‏ - nature.com
Cenozoic evolution of the Antarctic ice sheets is thought to be driven primarily by long-term
changes in radiative forcing, but the tectonic evolution of Antarctica may also have played a …

A large West Antarctic Ice Sheet explains early Neogene sea-level amplitude

JW Marschalek, L Zurli, F Talarico, T Van de Flierdt… - Nature, 2021‏ - nature.com
Abstract Early to Middle Miocene sea-level oscillations of approximately 40–60 m estimated
from far-field records,–are interpreted to reflect the loss of virtually all East Antarctic ice …

Orbital climate variability on the northeastern Tibetan Plateau across the Eocene–Oligocene transition

H Ao, G Dupont-Nivet, EJ Rohling, P Zhang… - Nature …, 2020‏ - nature.com
The first major build-up of Antarctic glaciation occurred in two consecutive stages across the
Eocene–Oligocene transition (EOT): the EOT-1 cooling event at~ 34.1–33.9 Ma and the Oi-1 …

The evolving paleobathymetry of the circum‐Antarctic Southern Ocean since 34 Ma: A key to understanding past cryosphere‐ocean developments

K Hochmuth, K Gohl, G Leitchenkov… - Geochemistry …, 2020‏ - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Southern Ocean is a key player in the climate, ocean, and atmospheric system.
As the only direct connection between all three major oceans since the opening of the …

Obliquity forcing of continental aquifers during the late Paleozoic ice age

R Wei, M Li, R Zhang, Y Hu, JG Ogg, G Liu… - Earth and Planetary …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Groundwater-driven eustasy has been proposed to explain the million-year-scale third-order
sea-level fluctuations in greenhouses. However, the contribution of continental groundwater …

Reconciling Southern Ocean fronts equatorward migration with minor Antarctic ice volume change during Miocene cooling

S Hou, LB Stap, R Paul, M Nelissen, FS Hoem… - Nature …, 2023‏ - nature.com
Gradual climate cooling and CO2 decline in the Miocene were recently shown not to be
associated with major ice volume expansion, challenging a fundamental paradigm in the …

Eccentricity-paced monsoon variability on the northeastern Tibetan Plateau in the Late Oligocene high CO2 world

H Ao, D Liebrand, MJ Dekkers, P Zhang, Y Song… - Science …, 2021‏ - science.org
Constraining monsoon variability and dynamics in the warm unipolar icehouse world of the
Late Oligocene can provide important clues to future climate responses to global warming …